This always makes me think. Cockroaches don’t bite, are not venomous, basically can’t do us any harm. I’m not afraid of wild dogs, spiders, tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, wolves, hyenas, wild hogs, bears (encountered them all) but I might actually scream if I get surprised by a cockroach.

I think this collective fear of cockroaches that we have cannot be without reason and must have an evolutionary reason.

  • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I think there’s a misunderstanding here. I’m roachphobic - this doesn’t mean I’m afraid of roaches, it means I hate them and want to murder them all.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I don’t want advanced ubiquitous robotics to put people out of work and to enrich the wealthy. I want advanced ubiquitous robotics so it becomes practical to fill my home with a small army of tiny robots that can crawl through the walls and kill any roach, bedbug, or termite they see.